An excellent and detailed blog entry for this puzzle, which I myself came a cropper on due to a couple of incorrect answers. I gave up after half an hour and used TEA to finish … Read more “Times 9573 – bonus blog”
Author: linxit
Saturday Times 24741 (8th Jan)
Solving time 15:10 – apologies for the lateness and brevity of this report, but it’s ‘er indoors’s birthday today, and I was lucky to grab 20 minutes to throw this together! Normal service will hopefully … Read more “Saturday Times 24741 (8th Jan)”
Times 9572 – the blog
Posted on behalf of john_from_lancs – the solution and notes on yesterday’s bonus puzzle. Across1. (shape)*→HEAPS 4. Sally is the girl from our alley (take your pick from the Henry Carey poem or the Gracie … Read more “Times 9572 – the blog”
Bonus treat – Times 9,572
We have an extra Monday puzzle this week, courtesy of regular commenter john_from_lancs. He found a couple of old copies of The Times in his loft, and has given us the crossword from the first … Read more “Bonus treat – Times 9,572”
Saturday Times 24735 – New Year hangover!
Solving time 21:28, but I can plead overindulgence the night before for the slowish time. Even so, this was quite a tricky one to put before us on the biggest “morning after” of the year! … Read more “Saturday Times 24735 – New Year hangover!”
Help found
My first administrative task with the blog is going to be to find somebody (or bodies) to take over Peter’s blogging duties! Current vacancies therefore are as follows: The Times every Wednesday – update: mctext … Read more “Help found”
Times 24729 Saturday-on-a-Friday (Christmas Eve)
Not too hard, solved in 13:02. The setter’s a bit of an egotist, as you can see FAB ME spelt out in the unches down column 6! Mind you, some of the wordplay deserves the … Read more “Times 24729 Saturday-on-a-Friday (Christmas Eve)”
My new job
New year, and a new blogger-in-chief. As everyone knows by now, Pete Biddlecombe has become the editor of the Sunday Times Crossword, and has had to step down from the blog. Pete’s said in a … Read more “My new job”
Saturday Times 24724 (18th Dec)
Solving time 15:35, so about just-above-average difficulty. Actually, having read some of last week’s comments I was expecting a real toughie, but I flew through the top half in about 3 minutes flat. The bottom … Read more “Saturday Times 24724 (18th Dec)”
Saturday Times 24718b (11th Dec – online)
Solving time 12:50, considerably easier than the one in the paper, but still a pretty good puzzle. Across 1 TRIP – R(iver) inside TIP. 3 FORM LETTER – FORM (class) + LETTER (character) 10 IN-CROWD … Read more “Saturday Times 24718b (11th Dec – online)”